Yamaha YM3012
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The YM3012, aka DAC-MS, is a floating point
digital-to-analog converter
chip developed by Yamaha. It generates stereo analog output (16-bit dynamic range) from dual serial input, the sound data containing a 10-bit mantissa and 3-bit exponent. It was notably used alongside the YM2151
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Floating point
In computing, floating point describes a method of representing real numbers in a way that can support a wide range of values. Numbers are, in general, represented approximately to a fixed number of significant digits and scaled using an exponent. The base for the scaling is normally 2, 10 or 16...
digital-to-analog converter
Digital-to-analog converter
In electronics, a digital-to-analog converter is a device that converts a digital code to an analog signal . An analog-to-digital converter performs the reverse operation...
chip developed by Yamaha. It generates stereo analog output (16-bit dynamic range) from dual serial input, the sound data containing a 10-bit mantissa and 3-bit exponent. It was notably used alongside the YM2151
Yamaha YM2151
The YM2151, aka OPM is an eight-channel four-operator sound chip. It was Yamaha's first single-chip FM synthesis implementation, created originally for the Yamaha DX series of keyboards....
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